The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-03

"A passenger train and a freight
tram collided on the belt railroad a.
Chattanooga on the 26th, and thirty
persons who were on the passenger
train were injured, ten of them sc
verely, il not dangerously. Inc dls'
aster resulted from the watch OF the
freight engineer being four minutes
slow.
"A riot occurred at a colored Sun
day school celebration in Decatur,
Georgia, on the afternoon of the 27th.
caused by liquor. A drunken colored
man went through the crowds OF
women and children fiourishing and
dlschargiDg a revolver. The managers
sent for officers, and Marshal Heard,
Sheriff Austin and others appeared.
The drunken man fired at them and
ran. He was pursued by the posse and
cornered. when he fred ON his pur-
suers, and other colored men who bad
gathered fred on the whites from the
rear. The crowd of whites and blacks
by this time numbered several hund
reds, and in the fus.lade Marshal
Heard and a colored man were shot
dead, and Thomas Shivers, white, was
mortally wounded. The people of De-
catur were in arms at night, expecting
an attack from the blacks. The fears
of trouble with the negroes of Lonoke
county, Arkansas, are ended, the col
ored men having all gene to their
homes.
An attempt was made to wreck a
train near Danville, Illinois, on the
morning Of the 26th. A bridge crosses
the Vermillion river at that place,
which Is 600 feet long and over 100 feet
in height, and is approached from the
west down q heavy grade through a
deep cut. A watchman employed on
the bridge discovered. Just before the
east-bound passenger train was due, "a
piece of railroad iron firmly placed
between two ties in such a manner as
would have wrecked the first train
passing over" and thrown 1t into the
river below. After be had removed
the obstruction he heard a pistol shot
fired below the bridge, which is sup
posed TO have been a signal Two
''suspiclous-looking'' men had been
seen prowling around the bridge dur
Ing the night.
Three Finlanders we're drowned on
the 18th, near Minneapolis, by the up
setting OF a sail boat.
The heaviest rain Of the season al
Raleigh, North Carolina. fell there on
the morning of the 9th. From three
TO nine O'Clock the rainfall was AZ
inches. Great damage was done to all
fha anon, 90 th. lO-r nxlundo and
washouts occurred on the North Caro-
lima and Raleigh and Augusta Rail.
roads.
Two earthquake shocks were felt
at Columbia, South Carolina, on the
morning of the 9th, the first shortly
after II o'clock, and the second at 81
minutes past 4. They were accom-
panied by the usual sound, lasted sew
eral seconds, and the second shock was
heavier than the first. The motion was
undulatory. Similar shocks, but much
slighter, were felt at Somerville and
6hdf7aaston X sfgtJ tremor was felt
at Augusta, Georgia, about midnight,
and a more distinct shock at four
O'Clock in the morning.
Samuel Sparks, once wealthy. com
United suicide in Indianapolis, on the
Goth, by swallowing poison. because o.
his loss of fortune. His wife tried tc
conceal the fact of the suicide, but the
Cornoner. hearing of it, stopped the
ceremonies at the grave, and held an
inquest before the body was buried on
the 9th.
The Herald Building in Montreal.
occupied by the Herald newspaper Of
that city and several firms, was burned
on the evening of the Goth. Loss,
s125, 000; insured. The grist mill, saw
mill and lumber yard of Albert Slower,
at Kintnersville, Bucks county, Penna.,
was destroyed by fire on the morning
of the 9th: insurance. $4,000. Mr..
Slower suspects incendiarism.
John G. Settler and G. p. Meyer,
recently bought a number of "a loads
of cattle at Buffalo, and sold them to
different farmers at Reading. Some of
the steers showed symptoms of sickness,
and on the morning of the 29th ult.. ten
of them were found dead III their stalls.
Others were driven to the South Noun
tain to die. DR.. Bridge, the State
Veterinarian, says their disease is
Texas fever.
"A sharp earthquake, lasting about
80 seconds, was felt in the City of
Mexico about Z O'Clock or the morning
of the goth ult. In some of the streets
the people ran out of their houses. The
shock was felt most in the outlying
portions of the city. Mr.. Connery,
Secretary OF the United States Lega-
ton, noted the shock at 6.45 O'Clock,
and at the same time it was sharply felt
at Castle Chapultepec. where President
Dlaz resides. The earthquake IA fel
In the interior, at various points, and
at the capital of the State 4. Guerrero
two arches of the arcade In the main
square were thrown down.
The official report of a fight be-
tween Colorado Militia and Colorows'
Indlaps, received at the War Depart
ment through General Terry, shows
that on the side of the Indians (who
were surprlsed) lone child was killed
and one man and one woman were
slightly wounded" The Indians re.
buIDcu tuO hios aiming Oho SOWOoJs
wounding three Others, and MORALLY
wounding three militiamen. 1t il
believed by the United States authorI.
ties that the trouble is over. though it
may be renewed by the action of the
state authorities. A telegram from
Glenwood Springs says: "F. H. Swind
Ter has just sworn out a warrant for
Colorow ON the charge Of murder. The
first one was for simple misdemeanor,
resisting an officer. This being foi
felony it will make it difficult for au-
thorities. Federal and State, to settle
matters without the surrender Of Colo
row.
AS a freight tram on the Cleveland
and Marietta Railroad approached Old.
ham t~restle. near Cambridge, Ohio, on
the morning of the 29th ult.. the bridge
was seen to be on fire. Several of the
train men jumped off and were severely
injured, n Of themya fireman named
Adams, perhaps fatally. All the train
nassau over aafalv axrAnt The last three